“We appreciate all the things that they do in their country to prepare for disasters,” said Maj. Michelle R. Story, of Diamondhead, Miss., commander of the MET. “We've learned from them as we provided them instruction.”

The training consisted of various Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Department of Homeland Security response management courses, officials said via a news release issued Friday.

The guard said that the similarities of natural disasters that affect both Louisiana and Haiti provided a kinship for the two organizations to start a working relationship.

“Louisiana gets hit by hurricanes more than almost any state in the country,” said Master Sgt. David Bonin Jr., of Metairie, La., operations noncommissioned officer in charge with the MET. "I don't think anyone could provide the level of knowledge and expertise that we have in hurricane response."

The LANG officially partnered with the country of Haiti in 2011 under the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.

“We look forward to returning in the future for many years,” added Story.